Refractory hypotension in a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-51

  Wang, Shi ^a,b   Hou, Xiaojun ^a   Ding, Suju ^a   Guan, Yangtai ^a   Zhen, Huimin ^a   Tu, Laihui ^a   Qiu, Yiqing ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b No 411 Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUNTED AFFECT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EEG ABNORMALITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEVER; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SOMNOLENCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THETA RHYTHM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84555178683     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr077     Document Type: Article

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